Vhost manager

For windows with xampp

Script info

Written for Python 3.6 with no extra libraries

Tested with [2017-07-11] XAMPP for Windows 7.1.7-0

This script requests admin rights because it rewrites your hosts file

Why?

Initially I used a similar script written in PHP and I combined it with python to actually write the changes. I decided the configuration was too much of a hassle so I rewrote it in python. It works great for Laravel projects because each new project needs its own vhost.

Initial configuration

Put the following in both your vhost config file and your windows hosts file

##>{{VHOST_MANAGER}}

##<{{VHOST_MANAGER}}

the files should be at the following locations

C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

if the locations are different please change the 'vhost_file' and 'hosts_file' variables in vhost.py

Adding vhosts

Edit the following lines in the vhost.py file to add a new vhost location and a local url.

data = [
    {
        "url": "localhost",
        "path": "C:/xampp/htdocs/"
    },
    {
        "url": "newproject.local.dev",
        "path": "C:/xampp/htdocs/newproject/public"
    },
        ]

I suggest keeping the localhost in this list because adding vhosts in xampp breaks the default localhost settings

side note: this script does not create the specified path it only points to the location

Licence

The Unlicense

Totally free to use